Monday, April 22, 2013

Tsarnaev Charged For Boston Marathon Bombings

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Tsarnaev facing life in a federal prison or the death penalty, if convicted for Boston Marathon bombings.

By H. Nelson Goodson

April 22, 2013

Boston, Mass. - On Monday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced through a news release that Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a U.S. citizen and resident of Cambridge, Mass., has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, resulting in the death of three people, Krystle Campbell, 29, of Arlington, Mass.; Martin Richard, 8, of Dorchester, Mass. and Lingzi Lu, 23, also known as Dorothy Lu, a Chinese national from Shenyang and injuries to more than 200 people, including 17 people who had amputations of their limbs.

The second bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was shot multiple times by police on early Friday and was pronounced dead at a local hospital. He was born in Russia and became a U.S. permanent resident in 2007. Dzhokhar originally from Kyrgyzstan, a province from Russia became a U.S. citizen in 2012. Both brothers are considered Islamic extremists.

In a criminal complaint unsealed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Tsarnaev is specifically charged with one count of using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (namely, an improvised explosive device or IED) against persons and property within the United States resulting in death, and one count of malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive device resulting in death. The statutory charges authorize a penalty of death or imprisonment for life or any term of years, if convicted. Tsarnaev had his initial court appearance on Monday from his hospital room.

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"Words conveyed by wisdom and truth influence inevitable change, Las palabras que contienen sabiduria y verdad influyen inevitablemente al cambio", H. Nelson Goodson said.
Goodson is well known in the local organizing community network. Nationally, Goodson is one of the foremost respected immigration rights and reform journalist.
He is also one of America's foremost Latino civil libertarian.
The Badger Blogger 2008, Patrick wrote: Mr. H. Nelson Goodson, "You have covered things that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper won't and you cover it in a way they fear." Posted on Badger Blogger on August 17th, 2007 at 6:39 p.m.
Goodson was instrumental in helping to coordinate the national Immigration movement early in 2006, which drew millions of supporters for immigration rights and reform. Goodson further encouraged numerous members of the Latino entertainment world to endorse and support immigration reform throughout the nation in 2006, published in "El Conquistador Newspaper" issue on November 21, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Currently, Goodson has more than 32 years experience in news investigative reporting. (2015)

Immigration March 2007

Goodson marched with immigrants calling for a just comprehensive immigration reform, which would create a path for legalization for more than 13 million undocumented immigrants and to keep families together.